Keywords:
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Foreword By Irina Bokova -- Foreword By Robert Glasser -- Preface -- Establishment of the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 -- Global Promotion of Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk -- Call for Cooperation -- References -- Co-organizers -- Organizing Committee -- Honorary Chairpersons -- Chairpersons -- International Scientific Committee -- Local Organizing Committee -- Contents -- ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 -- 1 The ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025: Background and Content -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Examples of Landslide Disasters Around the World -- Examples of Large-Scale Landslides and Their Disasters Around the World -- Background of the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015 -2025 -- The ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 -- Call for Cooperation -- 2 Rupestrian World Heritage Sites: Instability Investigation and Sustainable Mitigation -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Major Threats Affecting Rupestrian Sites -- Investigation Techniques -- Laser Scanner -- The Siq of Petra -- Cross-Sections -- Ortho Images -- Panoramas -- Mineralogy and Petrography -- Rock Mechanic Parameters -- Semi-automatic Discontinuity Detection and Analysis -- Kinematic Analysis -- Infrared Thermographic Analysis (IRT) -- Thermal Influence -- Monitoring -- Ground Based Radar Interferometry -- Satellite Radar Interferometry -- Reflector-Less Robotic Surveying -- Traditional Geotechnical Monitoring in Wireless Environment -- Conservation Policies and Management -- Bamiyan (Afghanistan) -- Lalibela (Ethiopia) -- Petra (Jordan) -- Norchia (Italy) -- Vardzia (Georgia) -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Subaerial Landslide-Generated Waves: Numerical and Laboratory Simulations -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Subaerial Landslide-Generated Waves -- Laboratory Studies -- Numerical Modelling -- Depth-Averaged Models.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (580 pages)
ISBN:
9783319594699
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6422886
Language:
English
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